Perla Abrego. (Mexico) MA in Letras Españolas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, (2001) and MA in Colombian Literature, Universidad de Antioquia, (2004).

Sandra Alvarado Bordas (Santo Domingo, República Dominicana) B.A in Humanities and Philosophy (Magna cum laude) Pedro Francisco Bonó Philosophic Institute, INTEC (Summer 2005) Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Minor in Theater and Performance at the National School of Dramatic Arts (Summer 2006) Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Academic interests: Focus on “self-destructive” figuration of the feminine subject in Latin America women writers like Clarice Lispector and Alejandra Pizarnik. Other interests: Representations of the bodies in contemporary Latin America Theater (dramatist such as Enrique Buenaventura) and the influence of Eugenio Barba´s theatre anthropology in Latin America groups such as Yuyachkani. Publications: “La dramaturgia de Carlos Acevedo Gautier” in Anuario Pedagógico 11 (2007): 97-113. (Santo Domingo) and http://www.cielonaranja.com/acevedosandra.htm
E-mail sandra.p.alvarado@vanderbilt.edu

Heather Bishop McRae.(USA). BA in Romance of Languages, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2003). MA in Romance Languages, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2005). E-mail: heather.bishop@vanderbilt.edu

Laura C. Brown: (North Carolina): BA Hispanic Studies, East Carolina University (2004). MA in Spanish, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2007), MA thesis: “Mirrors, Masks, and the ‘Self’ Deferred: A Psychoexistential Reading of Juan Francisco Manzano and Luiz Gama.”  Interests: Contemporary Latin American narrative, autobiography/self-writing and the relationship between language and memory, Afro-Latino Literature, Comparative Inter-American Studies.  Awards: FIPSE-CAPSE grant, Florianópolis, Brazil (2006).  Email: laura.c.brown@vanderbilt.edu

Elena Deanda Camacho. (México, Veracruz). B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature.  Veracruzana University, Xalapa, Ver., Mexico (2001). Senior thesis: En versos el pensamiento: del trobar occitano al trovar jarocho. Studies in Philosophy and History of Religions in the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM, México D.F.) and the Mircea Eliade Institute (Xalapa, Ver.). Academic interests: medieval philology and contemporary folklore studies, specially the medieval courtly poets in Southern France and colonial and contemporary folk poets in Southern Mexico. My current focus of research is metapoetic, metafiction and metaphysics in Latin American women writers such as Clarice Lispector, Alejandra Pizarnik and Rosario Castellanos. Awards: Study Abroad Grant 2005-2006, National Funding for Culture and Arts (FONCA, Mexico); Mexico-France Exchange 2002-2003, Ministry of Education (France); Young Creators Fellowship 1996-1997, National Center for Culture and Arts (CNCA, Mexico), and State Short Story Contest 1995-1996, (DGEMSyS, Mexico). Publications: “En versos el pensamiento: la metapoética del trovar” in First Congress of Paremiology, 2005, Zamora, Mich., Mexico: ColMIch (forthcoming). Fiction anthologies: Letras y Voces, 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ediciones Novelarte (forthcoming); 15 años de cuento, 2004, Xalapa: DGEMSyS and Ganadores del Certamen Estatal de Cuento, 1996, Xalapa: DGEMSyS. I have published a compilation of short stories: Breve Crónica del Deseo, 2003. Xalapa: Durandarte Editores. E-mail: elena.deanda@vanderbilt.edu

G. Cory Duclos. (Pleasant Grove, Utah). BA in Spanish, Weber State University (2006). MA, The University of Nevada, Reno (2008). Interests: Transatlantic studies during the early modern and colonial period as well as Chilean culture and literature. Recent presentations: “A Woman’s Place is in the Subtext': A Socio-Historical Approach to the Role of Women in the Short Stories of Jorge Edwards.” 62^nd RMMLA Convention (Fall 2008). E-mail g.cory.duclos@vanderbilt.edu

Francisco Flores-Cuautle. (México). BA in Modern Languages, Benemérita Universidad de Puebla, México (1998). MA in Spanish Literature, University of Arkansas (2004). Currently I am researching on Mexican Literature, 19th and 20th centuries; Nation, Nationalism and Identity; Transatlantic romanticism and liberalism. Additional Interests: Latin American Foundational Fictions, Memories, Literatures of Exile, and Latin American Radio, Television, and Film. Publications: “El Taco Árabe como elemento de identidad poblana” with Silvestre Angoa. Mirada Antropológica 1(2003):77-92. Awards: 2006 CLAIS-CFA Latin American Summer Research Grant (Vanderbilt University). E-mail: francisco-flores-cuautle@vanderbilt.edu

Mayra Fortes. (México). BA in Latin American Literature, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Mexico. I graduated Magna Cum Laude (2002) with the thesis: “Se está haciendo tarde (final en laguna): un viaje más allá de la contracultura,” an analysis of José Agustín’s novel (1973), MA in Spanish, Vanderbilt University (2005). Interests: Mexican Literature 20th century and popular culture, Latino Literature. Participant of the Latino Studies Group under the direction of Prof. William Luis. Awards and Honors: Americarum Universitas Fellowship for academic excellence (UDLA). E-mail: mayra.fortes@vanderbilt.edu

Antón García Fernández. (Spain). BA in English and North American Literature, Universidad de Vigo, Spain. Summa Cum Laude (2003). Interests: Spanish Golden Age Literature, its reception in America, and its relationship with Weltliteratur, particularly the English and French literary tradition. I am also interested in Galician Literature. Publications: "Reseña de Tennessee Williams: A Casebook," in Theatralia V (forthcoming, 2005). Awards: Antonio Solla Casalderrey Award for Excellence in French, Alliance Francaise, Vigo (1999), University of Vigo Award for Academic Excellence (2003). E-Mail: anton.garcia@vanderbilt.edu

Anna-Lisa Halling (Ramona, CA) BA in Spanish, minor in Portuguese, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (2005).  MA in Spanish Literature, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (2007).  Master’s thesis: An Edition of the Villancicos of Sor Violante do Céu.  Interests:  Spanish Golden Age Theatre, Early Modern Women Writers, Comparative Iberian Studies. Publications:  Book review of Approaches to Teaching the Works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz for the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies (forthcoming).  “A Critique of War: José Ortega y Gasset’s La deshumanización del arte and Fernando Arrabal’s Pic-Nic.”  La Marca Hispánica 17.  Brigham Young University (2006): 63-71.  “The Modern Golden Age of Theater.”  “El caballero de Olmedo” Play Guide.  Brigham Young University (2005): 22-24.  “Matrimony, Convent or Death: The Life of a Lady.”  “El muerto disimulado” Play Guide.  Brigham Young University (2004): 41-43. Presentations: “Convent Writing and Theatre: A Comparison of Sor Juana and Sor Violante,” presented at the 2008 conference of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, El Paso, TX.  and  “Recovering Sor Violante do Céu’s Villancicos and Uncovering their Theatricality,” presented at the 2006 conference of the Asociación de Escritoras de España y las Américas, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
E-mail: anna-lisa.haling@vanderbilt.edu 

James Krause. (Salt Lake City, UT). MA Portuguese, Vanderbilt University (2007); MA Spanish, Brigham Young University (2005); BA Spanish cum laude, Brigham Young University (2003). My current research projects include: Latin American autobiographical poetry, focusing on Pablo Neruda and Manuel Bandeira; the detective stories of Jorge Luis Borges; the heteronyms of Fernando Pessoa; and the development of 20th Century Southern Cone fantastic literature. Publications: "Ontological Musings: Principles of 'Esboço para Tabacaria' in 'Tabacaria' by Álvaro de Campos." La Marca Hispánica 16 (2005): 53-65. Awards: Summer FLAS (2006 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Academic Year FLAS Portuguese (2004 – 2005, BYU); Summer FLAS (2004 – Lisbon, Portugal); El Premio Gonzalo Rojas for best critical essay, "Ontological Musings." E-mail:  james.r.krause@vanderbilt.edu   

Pablo Martinez. (Spain) BA in English, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid,  España (2001), MA in Hispanic Literatures, West Virgina University, Morgantown, WV, USA (2003). Research interests: Trans-poetic protocols of Modernism and Vanguardism. Currently I am researching on Las épicas de construcción literaria en procesos de violencia, narcotráficoy terrorismo en Latinoamérica. Awards: Leonardo da Vinci European Union Programme (Dublin, 2001, Prague, 2004), AIESEC Educational Branch Award (University of Gdansk, Poland, 2004-2005). E-amil: pablo.martinez@vanderbilt.edu

Jason Thomas Parker. (USA) BA in Spanish/ Russian, Vanderbilt University, (2006). E-mail: Jason.t.parker@vanderbilt.edu

Gretchen Susan Selcke. (Edina, Minnestota). BA in History and Spanish, Bowdoin College (2000). Honors Theses: “El amor cortés en La Celestina: convenciones literarias en un mundo en transición” (Bowdoin College 2000), “Río de la Plata in Transition, 1776-1820: Criollo Conflict in Buenos Aires and Montevideo” (Bowdoin College, 2000). Academic Interests: Contemporary Spanish American narrative, comparative studies in narrative and drama, politics of identity and race, autobiography and testimonial narrative, and literary theory. Publication: El amor cortés en La Celestina: las convenciones literarias en mundo en transición (Published by Bowdoin Collage, 2000). Awards, Honors and Fellowships: Vanderbilt University Graduate Select Scholar (2004), Summa Cum Laude (History and Spanish) (2000), Philip C. Bradley Spanish Prize (Bowdoin) (2000), Class of 1868 Prize for excellence in oration (2000), Phi Beta Kappa (1999), Commencement Speaker (Bowdoin), Sarah and James Bowdoin Book Scholar (Bowdoin) (1996-2000), Editorial and Research Assistant for Prof. Edward Friedman and the Bulletin of the Comediantes (2004-present). I am the Chair of the Graduate Student Welcoming Committee. E-mail: gretchen.s.selcke@vanderbilt.edu

Jonathan W. Wade (California). BA in Spanish, minor in Latin American Studies, Brigham Young University (2003). University Honors. MA in Spanish, minor in Portuguese, Brigham Young University (2005). Interests: Early Modern Iberian Literature; Comparative Iberian Studies; Spanish Golden Age Theater; Don Quixote; Nation and Nationalism; Transatlantic Studies. Publications: “Patriotism and Revolt: Uncovering the Portuguese in Ângela de Azevedo.” Forthcoming in Bulletin of the Comediantes 59.2 (2007). “The Passion of Quixote: Re-marking the Quixote/Christ Parallel” (forthcoming, 2007); “Dos novelas, dos historias y dos testigos: Un análisis comparativo de Los de abajo e Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España.” La marca hispánica 16 (2005): 67-72. Awards: 2007 Arts and Science Summer Research Award (College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University); 2006 Arts and Science Summer Research Award (College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University); Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Brigham Young University (2005); Foreign Language Area Studies Summer Fellowship (FLAS). Florence, Italy (2004); Premio Gabriela Mistral. Sigma Delta Pi, National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society (2004). E-Mail: jonathan.wade@vanderbilt.edu

David P. Wiseman (Redding, California). BA in English/Spanish (double major), Brigham Young University (2004). Cum laude. MA in Spanish, Brigham Young University (2007). Interests: Literature and Politics, Cuban Revolution, Contemporary Latin American Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, Juan Rulfo. Publications: “Juan Rulfo y Machado de Assis: La influencia de la tradición brasileña en la nueva narrativa hispanoamericana.” Ida y vuelta. Ed. Rafael Hernández. (Forthcoming, Spring 2009); “Framing Pedro Páramo in the Photographer’s Lens.” Border Crossings: Boundaries of Cultural Interpretation. Published Conference Proceedings. Ed. David P. Wiseman and Pablo Martínez Diente. (Forthcoming, Spring 2009); “Latino Literature’s Past and Future: A Conversation with Lorraine Lopez.” Afro-Hispanic Review 27.2 (Forthcoming, Fall 2008); “(Inter)national Discourses: Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth in Mario Vargas Llosa’s La fiesta del Chivo.” Utah Foreign Language Review 16 (2007): 1–16; “Echoes of Conquest: Archival Characterization and Historical Return in Mario Vargas Llosa’s La fiesta del Chivo.” La Marca Hispánica 17 (2006): 39–48. Email: david.p.wiseman@vanderbilt.edu